BILL NUMBER: AB 926	CHAPTERED  09/29/99

	CHAPTER   573
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 29, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 28, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 9, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 30, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 19, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JULY 15, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cedillo

                        FEBRUARY 25, 1999

   An act to amend Section 1 of Chapter 1051 of the Statutes of 1998,
relating to job training, making an appropriation therefor, and
declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 926, Cedillo.  Job training:  at-risk youth.
   Existing law appropriates, in augmentation of the Budget Act of
1998, $1,250,000, to the Employment Development Department to support
certain at-risk youth employment demonstration projects conducted by
private, nonprofit entities in specified job training service
delivery areas.
   This bill would, in addition, require that those funds be expended
pursuant to certain guidelines and requirements regarding, among
other things, the procurement by funding recipients of private
matching funds, the demonstration of significant employer involvement
in the relevant projects, the awarding of projects through a
competitive bid process, and the satisfaction of specified criteria
in the provision of relevant services.  This bill would also require
that a specified amount of these funds be allocated to the job
training service delivery area of the City and the County of
Sacramento.  By changing the requirements for expenditure of an
existing appropriation, the bill would make an appropriation.
   This bill would also require the department to submit a report to
the Legislature and the Governor, on or before January 1, 2003,
detailing certain information with respect to projects funded under
these provisions, and would require the department's annual report to
the Legislature on the effectiveness of specified job preparation
and training programs to also detail the effectiveness of the at-risk
youth demonstration projects funded under these provisions.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Appropriation:  yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 1 of Chapter 1051 of the Statutes of 1998 is
amended to read:
  SECTION 1.  The sum of one million two hundred fifty thousand
dollars ($1,250,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to
the Employment Development Department to be allocated and disbursed
by the department, as follows:
   (a) (1) The sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to the
administrative entity of the job training Service Delivery Area for
the City of Los Angeles to support no more than four at-risk youth
employment demonstration projects by private, nonprofit entities.
   (2) The sum of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000)
to each of the administrative entities of the job training Service
Delivery Areas of the City of Oakland, the City and County of San
Francisco, the City of Santa Ana, the City and County of Sacramento,
the County of Fresno, and the City and County of San Diego, jointly,
to support in each of those jurisdictions no more than two at-risk
youth employment demonstration projects by private, nonprofit
entities.
   (b) The funds specified in subdivision (a) shall be expended
pursuant to the following guidelines and requirements:
   (1) The demonstration projects in those jurisdictions shall be
located in areas of chronic youth unemployment.  The administrative
entities of participating job training service delivery areas shall,
in order to implement these projects, contract with private,
nonprofit organizations, without regard to relevant service delivery
area boundaries, to train at-risk youth for appropriate employment
opportunities.  However, the recipients of any funds under this
subdivision shall be required to satisfy both of the following
requirements:
   (A) They shall obtain matching funds on a dollar-for-dollar basis
from private sources.
   (B) They shall be able to demonstrate significant employer
involvement in their program with the purpose of implementing a
campaign among employers in the targeted area to provide jobs to
at-risk youth who have participated in the project.
   For purposes of this paragraph, "at-risk youth" means persons who
are between 16 and 22 years of age, who are considered to be at risk
of homelessness, crime, or welfare dependency, and who lack
employment skills.
   (2) The administrative entities of participating job training
service delivery areas or their successors shall ensure that all
participants in the at-risk youth demonstration projects are covered
by workers' compensation insurance, and that the recipients of any
funds under subdivision (a) maintain general liability insurance and
automobile insurance, and have practices in place to ensure fiscal
accountability.
   (3) City and county service delivery areas that participate in
demonstration projects under this subdivision shall award projects
through a competitive bid process, with priority given to recipients
that operate residential facilities that house at-risk youth.  In
cities and counties with existing youth job training programs,
funding recipients shall consult with the local agencies that deliver
those programs.
   (4) Nonprofit organizations receiving funding under subdivision
(a) shall be able to demonstrate that they meet the following
criteria in the provision of services:
   (A) Quality management.
   (i) Presentation of a clear and consistent mission.
   (ii) Maintenance of continuity and competence of leadership.
   (iii) Incorporation of staff development as a management strategy.

   (iv) Leveraging of resources through collaboration and
partnerships.
   (v) Attraction of diverse funding sources.
   (vi) Commitment to a strategy with a goal of continuous
improvement.
   (B) Youth development.
   (i) Nurturing of relationships between youths and caring adults.
   (ii) Engaging, as appropriate, family and peers in organized
activities.
   (iii) Placement of high expectations on youths and staff.
   (iv) Processes for building youths' responsibility and leadership
skills.
   (v) Offering individualized age and stage appropriate activities.

   (vi) Development of a sense of group membership.
   (vii) Fostering a sense of identity and self.
   (viii) Sustaining services over the long term.
   (C) Work force development.
   (i) Nurturing of career awareness and exploration.
   (ii) Provision of career guidance and career planning throughout
the program.
   (iii) Provision of work-based learning opportunities.
   (iv) Provision of experiential learning opportunities.
   (v) Ensuring that employers are actively engaged.
   (vi) Emphasis on the connection between work and learning.
   (vii) Offering postplacement activities.
   (D) Evidence of success.
   (i) Establishing intermediate and long-term outcomes and
measurable indicators.
   (ii) Collecting and maintaining data that can be used for
management decisionmaking.
   (iii) Using data to assess progress and evaluate effectiveness.
   (iv) Sharing information with stakeholders.
   (5) Recipients of funding under this subdivision may use those
funds to support one or more of the following employment-related
activities:
   (A) Preemployment services.
   (B) Educational or vocational assessment.
   (C) Intensive basic skills development programs for reading,
writing, and mathematics, that include an employment assistance
component.
   (D) Temporary labor programs.
   (E) Training internships with employers.
   (F) Supervised job search and job development services.
   (G) Employment retention services.
   (6) The unit of general local government or each unit of general
local government that is described in subparagraph (A), and which is
represented by the chief local elected official described in
subsection (c) of Section 103 of the federal Job Training Partnership
Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 1513 (c)), shall be liable to the department for
all funds distributed pursuant to this subdivision that are not
expended in accordance with this subdivision.
   (7) City and county service delivery areas or their successors
that participate in demonstration projects under this section shall
not expend more than 15 percent of funds allocated to them for
administrative expenses.
   (8) The department shall submit a report to the Legislature and to
the Governor, on or before January 1, 2003, detailing all of the
following with respect to demonstration projects funded under this
subdivision:
   (A) The amount and source of required matching funds from private
sources.
   (B) The successful completion rates by project component.
   (C) The extent to which the criteria specified in paragraph (4)
were achieved.
   (D) The number of participants who remained or returned to school
part-time or full-time for at least one semester.
   (E) The number of participants who were placed in part-time or
full-time employment lasting at least three months.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to implement, at the earliest possible time, certain
at-risk youth employment demonstration projects, which were funded
pursuant to an augmentation of the Budget Act of 1998, it is
necessary that this act go into immediate effect.
